Boat Item View

Boat Item View

v26.2-0.0.9-fabric
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See your held items when in a moving boat!

Product

About

Boat Item View

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About

The Boat Item View Mod is a client-side only Minecraft Mod that allows the player to see the item held in their hand while riding in a boat.

This is functionality is normally not possible in the base game.

Note: Any items being displayed in the hand when the boat is moving still cannot be used. This mod only deals with rendering, it does not change vanilla serverside logic.

Features

  • Toggle the ability to render hand items when sitting in a moving boat.
  • Define the type of items to be rendered when sitting in a moving boat.
  • Compatibility with Cloth Config and ModMenu 

Installation

This mod is client-side only. Do not install this on dedicated servers.

Dependencies

Usage

Enabling this Mod

  1. Open the Configuration File. This can be done via minecraft/config/boatiview/client.toml or the Mods -> Boat Item View -> Configure Button if you have Mod Menu Installed.
  2. Set the Configuration Option "showHandsInMovingBoat" to True.
  3. Hold the item in the player's main hand or offhand.

Adding an item to the display list

  1. Open the Configuration File. This can be done via minecraft/config/boatiview/client.toml or the Mods -> Boat Item View -> Configure Button if you have Mod Menu Installed.
  2. Add a new entry to the "itemsToShowInMovingBoat" option. This entry is the namespaced id of an item. E.g. "minecraft:carrot"
  3. Click "Save" in the File Editor program if you have opened the client.toml file. If you are using Mod Menu, click the "Save and Quit" button.
    - Usage in ModMenu Config GUI: https://streamable.com/n9vwwz
    - Usage in TOML File: https://streamable.com/9f5z3v

Screenshots

The Config GUI that is generated when Mod Menu is installed alongside this mod.

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Issues

Please report any issues to the issue tracker linked at the top of this page.

Credits

Treblero, for the original idea

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Preview

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Environment

Requirements & compatibility

Compatibility & requirements

FabricForgeNeoforge1.16.5 – 1.21.1126.126.1.126.1.226.2

Local host

Required

Hosting on services

Unsupported

Terms

License

Terms for using, modifying and redistributing this product.

GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 onlyModrinth
Release

Latest release

v26.2-0.0.9-fabric

19.06.2026 · Modrinth

Version 0.0.9

Changes

  • [All Mod Loaders] Updated for Minecraft 26.2